Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) said that borough evacuation shelters are running out of food, clothes and water in the wake of the deadly storm.

He urged borough residents who are able to do so to donate items to local shelters, or to head there themselves as volunteers.

Borough President James P. Molinaro said the Petrides Educational Complex Tuesday was home to 600 hurricane refugees but that the center was running out of necessities, including socks and sweat pants.

Molinaro said he'd arranged for the city to pay for the supplies with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office.

Borough elected officials on Monday crisscrossed the Island to survey the damage wrought by Sandy's massive tidal surge and fierce winds.

Grimm said that borough hospitals are inundated with hungry and thirsty people, making it difficult for emergency rooms to treat serious cases. He said those in need should go to shelters for food and clothing, not to hospital emergency rooms.

Grimm has set up an e-mail account, SandyNY13@mail.house.gov, so constituents can report problems and damage, and can share their photos of the disaster. The photos will be posted on the congressman's Facebook page.

Calling the storm a "mini-Katrina," Grimm said the borough suffered the worst damage and flooding in the city, terming the storm's blow "an absolute disaster."

Grimm spent the hours of the storm driving across the borough, visiting Staten Island University Hospital, Richmond University Medical Center and evacuation shelters, delivering supplies, including a bed that tilts to a 93-year-old woman with breathing problems who was being evacuated.

He has also put in a request with the city for further supplies and a generator for Richmond Medical.